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Globular Clusters

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  • First Globular Cluster discovered.

    First Globular Cluster discovered.
    The first globular cluster discovered, but then taken for a nebula, was M22 in Sagittarius, which was probably discovered by Abraham Ihle in 1665.

  • Omega Centauri discovered

    Omega Centauri discovered
    Southern Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) by Edmond Halley on his 1677 journey to St. Helena.

  • M13 in Hercules

    M13 in Hercules
    M13 in Hercules, again by Halley, in 1714

  • M15 and M2

    M15 and M2
    Jean-Dominique Maraldi discovered M15 and M2 in September (1746)

  • NGC 6712

    NGC 6712
    Guillaume Legentil possibly or probably discovered NGC 6712 in 1749

  • M54

    M54
    M54 found by Charles Messier

  • M79

    M79
    It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780. M79 is at a distance of about 41,000 light years away from Earth and 60,000 light years away from the Galactic Center.

  • M80 Discovered

    M80 Discovered
    M80 was discovered on January 4, 1781, by Charles Messier, who wrote, “The nebula is round, the center brilliant, and it resembles the nucleus of a little comet, surrounded with nebulosity.” William Herschel observed M80 four years later and called it “one of the richest and most compressed clusters of small stars I remember to have seen.”

  • NGC 6553

    NGC 6553
    NGC 6553 has yield range equal to old halo clusters.

  • Dark Globular Clusters around Galaxy

    Dark Globular Clusters around Galaxy
    Observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a new class of “dark” globular star clusters around this galaxy. These are marked in red. Normal globulars are marked in blue and globulars showing similar properties to dwarf galaxies are in green.